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Memelab Ian Dennis Miller http://imiller.utsc.utoronto.ca Prof. Gerald Cupchik, Advisor a meme laboratory viral phenomena are interesting memes spread virally understand memes = understand virality its the people memes are

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Memelab

Ian Dennis Miller http://imiller.utsc.utoronto.ca

Prof. Gerald Cupchik, Advisor

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a meme laboratory

viral phenomena are interesting
memes spread virally
understand memes = understand virality

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it’s the people

memes are spread virally
viral phenomena = people phenomena
Memelab exists for the people

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demo: experiment

participant using meme8.com
meme creation
sharing interface

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cumulative hits

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demo: simulation

agent-based simulation
an “experimenter” recruits agents
each white arrow is a shared meme

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simulation timeseries

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Memelab results

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Memelab

using memes to study viral phenomena
extending results through simulations
intermediate goal: 2 billion agent

simulation

http://imiller.utsc.utoronto.ca

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